Gecko Drwxrxrx Updated -

Backup log for gecko-host: updating permissions for ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxx.default/ old: drwx------ (700) new: drwxrxrx (755) -> actually means drwxr-xr-x Permissions updated. Why would Firefox update directory permissions? Occasionally, Firefox’s maintenance service or an add-on modifies access rights to allow shared usage between processes. If your server is named gecko , and you run a CMS like WordPress, plugin updates sometimes recursively change folder permissions to 755 . A cron job might log:

gecko$ stat -c "%a %n" /path/to/directory Output should be 755 , 775 , etc. To set a directory to drwxr-xr-x (755): gecko drwxrxrx updated

At first glance, it looks like a mix of a file listing, a permission string, and a status message. Is it an error? A security alert? A forgotten debug message from a Mozilla project? Backup log for gecko-host: updating permissions for ~/

If you’ve spent any time in Linux system administration, embedded systems, or web server management, you might have stumbled across a perplexing log entry or terminal output that reads something like: If your server is named gecko , and

gecko$ chmod 755 /path/to/directory To apply recursively to all subdirectories (but not files):